Breakfast with Mr. Mustard

I am the Eggman, we are the Eggmen, I am the Walrus Coo Coo Ca Ju, Coo Coo Ca Ju. This morning we had breakfast at Mean Mr. Mustard's Cafe and Oh what a breakfast it was. Creative and Delicious! A tasteful, lyrical experience for mind, body, heart and soul, "I want to Tell You" that Mr. Mustard's Cafe is a "Magical Mystery Tour" of sight sound and taste sensation created by the collaborative genius of Monte and Diane Rosemond.

I had the Eggs Abraham and "I Will" venture to guess that Mr. Lincoln would be proud to honor this dish as a Declaration of Independence from your every day breakfast fare.

I was born to love the Beatles. Of course I didn't know that until 1963 when "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became our generations warmest romantic gesture and "She Loves You" was the answer to my adolescent prayers. I remember laying awake at night listening to the AM Radio until Cousin Brucie finally played something by this new British Group as he rotated through the top 40. Submarine race watching from the Swingin' Soiree with Murray the K took a nose dive when Ed Sullivan introduced these fine young lads from Liverpool.

 I was there!!! My Dad (Mr. Peter Martin Tintle, henceforth Super Dad) worked for NBC and got tickets. I sat somewhere in the  10th row of the theater thinking... I'm sure all these girls aren't going to start screaming (like news clips I had seen). Boy was I wrong about that. Pandemonium broke loose just like we were shooting a scene in a "Hard Days Night". The Beatles provided the soundtrack for our generation. My friend 'Winkee' and I started a band. I bought a guitar from a pawn shop on Canal Street in the city. We learned the 'chords' and practiced til we had "blisters on our fingers", looked for a 'drummer' a 'base' and someone to play 'lead'. I emerged one day after wrestling practice where the shower had flattened my hair across my forehead and down to my ears, some girl took notice and I never used Brylcreem again! John, Paul, George and Ringo were the first and probably only "group" I ever knew by individual names and I came to realize how universal the impact was when, decades later, I heard Chis Rock declare "I wanted to Be a Beatle". That really was it in a nutshell. It wasn't just the songs or even the music... it was them! All of us wanted to Be The Beatles!
So if you want to dine on Great Food, with Great (treat you like a rock star) Service in the presence of the Greatest Band of All Time, "Baby You Can Drive My Car" to where the Beatle reunion begins
with "Good Day Sunshine" every morning at 7am, you can "Come Together" right now and  "Get Back" to where you once belonged with a "Little Help from Your Friends" and "Strawberry (jam) Fields Forever" at Mr. Mustard's Cafe on "Penny Lane" and 4th Avenue off Main St. in Hendersonville. "All You Need is Love!"

The Little Church with the Big Heart

One thing leads to another. That was the "One Great Truth" that one of my teachers shared with us many years ago and as it has revealed itself to me over and over... it is so true. Whether things happen for a reason or reason provides meaning to things that happen we may never know. Whether it is the Blind Watchmaker or the All Knowing Watchmaker who defines our path, we are still but mortal seekers. Between our own beginning and our own end there is the mystery, pain and joy of the middle we experience and shape. Each of us prays for guidance in our own way as we stumble through. Thank you for exploring life and sharing a portion of yours with us and for shedding light in little dark corners (to accept people where they are).

So to all the little things that lead us to having our dinner together last night, I say Thank You! Thank you for allowing us to explore the mystery honestly and openly. For not setting or abiding by superficial boundaries and artificial pomp and protocol. Thank you for being genuine, tangible and real.

I just love your enthusiasm and your spontaneous expression thereof, it brings such happiness and means the world to me. Tess came to life in your presence last night and I can't tell you how thrilled I was when I heard her showing you around our home. It was a small thing but it was a very special and unique experience.

I am so very happy that all the little events leading us into the church, your church, brought us to this point and I want us to continue to develop our friendship. Your message, Richard and Janet, is vital and important to us and to the community. The honesty of the words you speak, the pictures you take, your Open and Affirming Kindness, your example is what is real and valuable to us. Your partnership with each other, the love you create and share with each other, your two children and your Poodle, these are all the good things. These are the things that make yours, The Little Church with the Big Heart. We are grateful to be a part of it and want to be with you and support you in keeping it true.